ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,349, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to T.J.Smith and Nephew Ltd. (Hull, Great Britain).

"Systems and methods for monitoring and treating diabetic foot ulcers" was invented by Jonathan Edward Mika Belding (Dorchester, Great Britain), Johannes Dagevos van Rij (Skidby, Great Britain), Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt (Beverley, Great Britain), Jonathon Simon Lay (Beckenham, Great Britain), Brian William Quist (Andover, Mass.) and Damian Lawson Smith (Swanland, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some aspects, a computer-implemented method is disclosed for gathering and processing sensor data to identify a risk of impacting...